Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Refrain from issuing new concessions for projects in Mayan territories without the free, prior and informed consent of the relevant Mayan community | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Encourage greater participation of indigenous peoples through the elaboration of a law regulating the right of these peoples to prior consultation | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Adopt concrete measures, including special measures, such as acceding to ILO Convention No. 169, so that the Mayan indigenous peoples and certain persons of African decent have access to the labour market, housing and health care as well as combating poverty, exclusion and the discrimination they suffer from. Design intercultural and bilingual educational programmes to promote the integration of these ethnic groups | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Take steps to reduce the incidence of child, early and forced marriage, including by amending legislation where necessary to bring it into conformity with international obligations | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Take timely and concrete measures such as raising the minimum legal age of marriage to 18 years in order to prevent children from becoming victims of child early and forced marriage | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Reform existing laws that can be used to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons, including the provision of "unnatural crime" laws prohibiting "carnal intercourse against the order of nature" | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Take steps to remove domestic legislation that outlaws same-sex activity between consenting adults, and develop policies to address discrimination against LGBT people | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Eliminate provisions that favour discriminatory practices against persons based on their sexual orientation and gender identity | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Repeal all provisions that may lead to discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity and respect fundamental freedoms of all the citizens | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Amend legislation in order to combat discrimination and hostility toward LGBT groups | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Ensure its Criminal Code provisions do not criminalize individuals based on sexual orientation | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Review its Constitution and legislation to ensure that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is prohibited | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Review and adapt its Constitution and laws to ensure that discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity is prohibited | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Review the Constitution and legislation, in order to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Consider the possibility of adopting the necessary measures to eliminate all discriminatory treatment and criminalization based on sexual orientation | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Take all necessary measures to guarantee the human rights of LGBT individuals and that they do not face persecution of any kind | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Ensure the prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Raise the age of criminal responsibility so that it is in line with the international commitments undertaken by Belize | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Amend the relevant provisions of the Criminal Code in order to achieve the full prohibition of all forms of corporal punishment, including at home | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Undertake a public consultation on the complete abolition of the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Abolish the death penalty for all crimes and accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Abolish the death penalty and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Take steps towards the abolition of the death penalty | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Extend an open invitation to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council to visit the country, particularly those who are in a position to offer assistance to strengthen measures for the promotion and protection of human rights in Belize | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Issue a standing invitation to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Extend a standing invitation to all special procedures | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Strengthen efforts to finalize and present pending reports to corresponding treaty bodies and consider extending a standing invitation to the thematic special procedures as part of its comprehensive cooperation with the international system for the protection and promotion of human rights | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Provide state authorities, including law enforcement and judicial officials, with human rights training for the protection of women and members of minority groups, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Ensure that the Office of the Ombudsman continues to operate at full capacity and is brought into conformity with the Paris Principles | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 17 - October 2013 | Ensure that the Office of the Ombudsman is in line with the Paris Principles related to the National Institutions for promotion of human rights | 4 - General action | Noted |
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